The main motif of the installation Sadness for the Sea is a Jellyfish made using the assemblage technique from pieces of plastic bottles found on the seashore in southern Croatia, where I collected material for the project every day for two months. I cut the found plastic into pieces and put it together in the shape of a jellyfish bell – and in its body I put objects that the sea washed ashore (toys, plastic spoons, slippers, lighters, bottles with sunscreen…).

In my work, the jellyfish becomes a symbol of global warming, sea pollution and overfishing: warmer waters increase the level of nutrients and favor the development of jellyfish, and jellyfish successfully take the place of caught fish… With this project, I want to draw attention to the problem of plastic use on a global level, as well as the problem during the tourist season when people throw or leave things unattended on the coast, and they end up in the sea with the wind and waves, disintegrate into microparticles and penetrate all living beings and they affect the entire ecosystem.